Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters :: a Hollywood history /
Product Description: This title considers the history of the American blockbuster-the large-scale, high-cost film-as it evolved from the 1890s to today. The pantheon of big-budget, commercially successful films encompasses a range of genres, including biblical films, war films, romances, comic-book...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Product Description: This title considers the history of the American blockbuster-the large-scale, high-cost film-as it evolved from the 1890s to today. The pantheon of big-budget, commercially successful films encompasses a range of genres, including biblical films, war films, romances, comic-book adaptations, animated features, and historical epics. In "Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History", authors Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale discuss the characteristics, history, and modes of distribution and exhibition that unite big-budget pictures, from their beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present. Moving chronologically, the authors examine the roots of today's blockbuster in the 'feature', 'special', 'superspecial', 'roadshow', 'epic', and 'spectacle' of earlier eras, with special attention to the characteristics of each type of picture. In the first section, Hall and Neale consider the beginnings of features, specials, and superspecials in American cinema, as the terms came to define not the length of a film but its marketable stars or larger budget. The second section investigates roadshowing as a means of distributing specials and the changes to the roadshow that resulted from the introduction of synchronized sound in the 1920s. In the third section, the authors examine the phenomenon of epics and spectacles that arose from films like "Gone with the Wind", "Samson and Deliliah", and "Spartacus" and continues to evolve today in films like "Spider-Man" and "Pearl Harbor". In this section, Hall and Neale consider advances in visual and sound technology and the effects and costs they introduced to the industry. Scholars of film and television studies as well as readers interested in the history of American moviemaking will enjoy "Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters." |
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| physical | 1 online resource (vii, 363 pages) : illustrations |
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| publishDate | 2010 |
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| publisher | Wayne State University Press, |
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| series | Contemporary approaches to film and television series. |
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| spelling | Hall, Sheldon. Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history / Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale. Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, ©2010. 1 online resource (vii, 363 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Contemporary approaches to film and television series Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Early films and early features, 1894-1911 -- 2: Multireel features, epics, and roadshows, 1911-1916 -- 3: Superspecials, specials, and programs, 1916-1927 -- 4: Color, large screen, wide screen, and sound, 1894-1931 -- 5: Tuners, spectacles, and prestige pictures, 1929-1939 -- 6: Fewer but bigger, 1939-1949 -- 7: Colossals and blockbusters, 1949-1959 -- 8: Roadshows, showcases, and runaways, 1956-1970 -- 9: Multiple jeopardy, 1965-1975 -- 10: Super blockbusters, 1976-1985 -- 11: Ancillary markets, globalization, and digital technology, 1986-2009 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Title index -- Subject index. Product Description: This title considers the history of the American blockbuster-the large-scale, high-cost film-as it evolved from the 1890s to today. The pantheon of big-budget, commercially successful films encompasses a range of genres, including biblical films, war films, romances, comic-book adaptations, animated features, and historical epics. In "Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History", authors Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale discuss the characteristics, history, and modes of distribution and exhibition that unite big-budget pictures, from their beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present. Moving chronologically, the authors examine the roots of today's blockbuster in the 'feature', 'special', 'superspecial', 'roadshow', 'epic', and 'spectacle' of earlier eras, with special attention to the characteristics of each type of picture. In the first section, Hall and Neale consider the beginnings of features, specials, and superspecials in American cinema, as the terms came to define not the length of a film but its marketable stars or larger budget. The second section investigates roadshowing as a means of distributing specials and the changes to the roadshow that resulted from the introduction of synchronized sound in the 1920s. In the third section, the authors examine the phenomenon of epics and spectacles that arose from films like "Gone with the Wind", "Samson and Deliliah", and "Spartacus" and continues to evolve today in films like "Spider-Man" and "Pearl Harbor". In this section, Hall and Neale consider advances in visual and sound technology and the effects and costs they introduced to the industry. Scholars of film and television studies as well as readers interested in the history of American moviemaking will enjoy "Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters." Print version record. Motion pictures United States History. Motion picture industry United States History. Cinéma États-Unis Histoire. Cinéma Industrie États-Unis Histoire. ART Film & Video. bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference. bisacsh Motion picture industry fast Motion pictures fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Film USA Geschichte. idsbb Filmwirtschaft USA Geschichte. idsbb History fast Neale, Stephen, 1950- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKBhJCccWJcxtJKTtXbFq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83016649 has work: Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGc7PDqJxyyFB7HDvBk7HC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Hall, Sheldon. Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters. Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, ©2010 9780814330081 (DLC) 2009041796 (OCoLC)456551372 Contemporary approaches to film and television series. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003053483 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390236 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Hall, Sheldon Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history / Contemporary approaches to film and television series. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Early films and early features, 1894-1911 -- 2: Multireel features, epics, and roadshows, 1911-1916 -- 3: Superspecials, specials, and programs, 1916-1927 -- 4: Color, large screen, wide screen, and sound, 1894-1931 -- 5: Tuners, spectacles, and prestige pictures, 1929-1939 -- 6: Fewer but bigger, 1939-1949 -- 7: Colossals and blockbusters, 1949-1959 -- 8: Roadshows, showcases, and runaways, 1956-1970 -- 9: Multiple jeopardy, 1965-1975 -- 10: Super blockbusters, 1976-1985 -- 11: Ancillary markets, globalization, and digital technology, 1986-2009 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Title index -- Subject index. Motion pictures United States History. Motion picture industry United States History. Cinéma États-Unis Histoire. Cinéma Industrie États-Unis Histoire. ART Film & Video. bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference. bisacsh Motion picture industry fast Motion pictures fast Film USA Geschichte. idsbb Filmwirtschaft USA Geschichte. idsbb |
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| title_full | Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history / Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale. |
| title_fullStr | Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history / Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history / Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale. |
| title_short | Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : |
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| topic | Motion pictures United States History. Motion picture industry United States History. Cinéma États-Unis Histoire. Cinéma Industrie États-Unis Histoire. ART Film & Video. bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference. bisacsh Motion picture industry fast Motion pictures fast Film USA Geschichte. idsbb Filmwirtschaft USA Geschichte. idsbb |
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